Ondo Community Loses Four Youths To Lightning

Lightning has killed four youths in Ago-Dada Community, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Angry youths reportedly protested the deaths of the young boys which occurred during a rainstorm, also destroying properties in the village.

The youths, according to the source were angry because the four victims were not indigenes of the community.

He went on to say that the non-indigenes in the village were enraged by the incident and decided to attack the indigenes and destroyed their property as well.

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“This morning, the youths in the village picked up arms, resulting in the death of an elderly man in the hamlet.”

The youths’ grievance was that the four youths who were killed were all non-indigenes. Some of the buildings of Akure indigenes have been vandalized.”

When contacted, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state confirmed the incident but claimed there was no protest in the area.

“I can affirm that four youths were murdered by lightning in the community.”

“But there was no protest that resulted in another fatality in the community.”

“It was a painful thing, but who do they want to protest to?”